Perianal Tick-Bite Lesion Caused by a Fully Engorged Female Amblyomma testudinarium
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 685-690, 2014.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-124053
ABSTRACT
A perianal tick and the surrounding skin were surgically excised from a 73-year-old man residing in a southwestern costal area of the Korean Peninsula. Microscopically a deep penetrating lesion was formed beneath the attachment site. Dense and mixed inflammatory cell infiltrations occurred in the dermis and subcutaneous tissues around the feeding lesion. Amorphous eosinophilic cement was abundant in the center of the lesion. The tick had Y-shaped anal groove, long mouthparts, ornate scutum, comma-shaped spiracular plate, distinct eyes, and fastoons. It was morphologically identified as a fully engorged female Amblyomma testudinarium. This is the third human case of Amblyomma tick infection in Korea.
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Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Anal Canal
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Skin
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Tick Infestations
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Ixodidae
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Tick Bites
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Histocytochemistry
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Korea
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Microscopy
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Limits:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
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